Stories By Kelly Leow
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Interviews
Singapore Plays Itself: In Sandi Tan’s Shirkers, a Nation (and its Daughter) Come of Age Onscreen
October 27, 2018Beautiful Convergence When it opened in 1930, Singapore’s Capitol Theatre was a glittering picture palace, the...
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Festivals
Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival 2017: This Multicultural Delight’s Sixth Edition Kicked Into High Gear
February 16, 2018Taking off from Barcelona, my plane crested a sea of clouds, thick and white like tundra....
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Directing
"Let Actors Lose Themselves, But Give Them Love and Desire": Luca Guadagnino and Walter Fasano on Call Me By Your Name
November 21, 2017Call Me By Your Name was hailed by many at January’s Sundance Film Festival as this...
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Producing
Deal or No Deal: Movie Maker Academy Preaches an Unorthodox Way to Turn a Profit on Your Film
October 12, 2017Give your film away for free, and you’ll make more money than you ever would selling...
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Acting
Under Pressure: With Her Bitingly Excellent Horror-Comedy Bitch, Filmmaker Marianna Palka Wages a War Against Time
August 11, 2017Sometimes a logline just calls your name. “A woman snaps under crushing life pressures and assumes...
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Festivals
Mammoth Lakes Film Festival 2017: An Oasis of Intimacy in the Vast Mountain Night
July 27, 2017A diehard ski racer, Dave McCoy built the first of his portable rope tows on 11,053-foot...
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Festivals
Festival Wrap: Bentonville Film Festival 2017 Puts Its Money Where Its Mouth Is
May 16, 2017As the third woman from MovieMaker to attend the Bentonville Film Festival (May 2-7, 2017) in...
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Documentary
The Cat Documentary Taking NYC By Storm: Ceyda Torun and Charlie Wuppermann on Their Gorgeous Film KEDi
February 15, 2017“People who don’t love animals don’t love people either.” So says a fishmonger in Istanbul in...
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Festivals
MovieMaker Minute: Why Luca Guadagnino’s Call Me By Your Name Was Shot Using Just One Lens
February 3, 2017Our MovieMaker Minute series of videos are brief little nuggets of inspiration and advice from some...
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Acting
MovieMaker Minute: Bitch’s Jason Ritter and Marianna Palka on Getting Acting Feedback
February 1, 2017Our MovieMaker Minute series of videos are brief little nuggets of inspiration and advice from some...
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Movie News
Green Lights: The Redford Center and Sundance’s “The New Climate” Provide Support for Environmentalist Film
January 20, 2017Climate activists, rejoice: new support systems for environmentalist filmmaking are sprouting up, and there’s one name...
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Criterion Crash Course
Criterion Crash Course: Moviemaking Lessons From Criterion’s Punch-Drunk Love
November 22, 2016Whether you’re a moviemaker, critic or devoted film collector, lovers of cinema can all agree: A...
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Festivals
Festival Wrap: Questions of Identity and Legacy Meet On Screen at the Hawaii International Film Festival 2016
November 18, 2016Hawaii, you could say, has a Hawaii problem. It’s a place, like Paris or New York...
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Festivals
Something About Mammoth: Come to Mammoth Lakes Film Festival for the Line-up, Stay for Springtime in NorCal
September 12, 2016Somewhere in the mountains of the Eastern Sierra Nevada, off Route 395 near Yosemite National Park,...
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Directing
“Experience Life Itself, Good and Bad:” Terence Davies on Sunset Song, A Quiet Passion and How He Works
May 11, 2016Terence Davies is hardly the most prolific of directors. In the 40 years since he began...
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Movie News
Texting in Theaters “Could Seriously Hurt Our Industry:” Tim League Releases Statement in Response to AMC’s Adam Aron
April 14, 2016Recently instated AMC Entertainment CEO Adam Aron made headlines this week at CinemaCon when he floated...
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Documentary
Of Tacos and the City: In Laura Gabbert’s City of Gold, L.A. is Most Beautiful Through Jonathan Gold’s Eyes
March 10, 2016Few other cities in modern times defy easy narrative as Los Angeles does. Intoxicating and infuriating...
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Festivals
Berlin, Revisited: Tour the City’s Famous Film Locations on This Interactive Map
February 19, 2016Few cities have had such a dramatic and tumultuous history as Berlin since the turn of...
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Festivals
Sundance 2016: See Indie Film’s Movers and Shakers in Jeff Vespa’s Beautiful @Portraits
January 29, 2016Jeff Vespa has been the Sundance Film Festival’s official photographer since 2003, a post that gives...
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Directing
Slamdance 2016: Watch Interviews with Adam Rifkin, Penn and Teller from Director’s Cut
January 27, 2016Director’s Cut, Adam Rifkin and Penn Jillette’s warped comedy about obsession and moviemaking, opened the 22nd...
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MM Guide 2016
An Introduction to Indie Costume Design: How to Pull Off Spot-on Costuming Without Breaking the Bank
December 22, 2015You want your film to look like it was dressed by Edith Head or Colleen Atwood,...
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Festivals
Festival Wrap: the 2015 Hawaii International Film Festival Hits Close to Home
December 2, 2015Warm rain, big vine-laden trees, masses of clouds, dampness everywhere: Landing in Honolulu, on the Hawaiian...
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Acting
Sticking it Out, Winning Big: Ben Mendelsohn Comes Up Aces Again in Mississippi Grind
October 1, 2015If you’ve seen Ben Mendelsohn onscreen, chances are you’ve been afraid of him. The Australian actor...
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Acting
Making a Tennis Movie that Doesn’t Suck: An Interview with Jeremy Sisto of Break Point
September 4, 2015It is a truth universally acknowledged that there aren’t any good tennis movies. But why? The...
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